Udupi railway station


Udupi railway station is a railway station in Udupi district, Karnataka. Its code is UD. It serves the pilgrims visiting famous Krishna Matha at Udupi and the university town of Manipal, which is south from the station and Udupi. The station consists of two platforms. Most of the platform is not sheltered from the heavy rains that Udupi receives. The Konkan railway route in which trains are pulled by Diesel locomotives will now be powered by Electric locomotives after electrification of this route. Konkan railway conducted a trial run of Electric locomotives on 13 January 2020, Monday from Thokur railway station to Udupi railway station. The electric locomotive started from Thokur at 4p.m. and reached Udupi at 6p.m. On return journey the electric locomotive reached Thokur at 8p.m.

Facilities at Udupi railway station

Udupi railway station has a multipurpose stall and refreshment stall on platform 1. It has a restaurant at basement near parking area. Udupi railway station has a fresh up facility which passengers can use to take rest on an hourly basis. The Udupi railway station has cashless facilities to help passengers not carrying cash. As a part of initiative to become green, Udupi railway station has installed solar power generation of 7 kW out of station's requirement of 48 kW on 5 June 2016. Udupi railway station has retiring room facility.

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